Trump bombshell on Capitol: “FBI hid 11,000 hours of video
President Trump reposted testimony from three FBI whistleblowers who alleged retaliation for internal dissent, as scrutiny intensifies under a new Justice Department working group.
Who testified and what they alleged
The three agents — Marcus Allen, Garrett O’Boyle, and Steve Friend — testified that they had been punished for exercising legitimate internal dissent. According to a report by The Gateway Pundit from that period, the FBI revoked their security clearances and salaries just before their testimony to the Committee.
O’Boyle stated that he felt the FBI “was being weaponized against agents or anyone who wanted to speak out about misconduct within the bureau.” Allen underwent a 27-month suspension without pay after pointing out public reports about the presence of FBI informants on January 6, 2021, claiming that Director Wray may not have told the whole truth to Congress. The Committee’s Democratic minority treated the witnesses hostilely, attacking them during the hearing.
Why Trump is bringing up the issue now
The repost comes at a time of intensified scrutiny of the FBI under the new administration. Attorney General Pamela Bondi had announced early on the creation of a Weaponization Working Group, with an explicit mandate to examine “the targeting with retaliation, and in some cases prosecution, of legitimate whistleblowers,” according to a report by The Gateway Pundit.
The subsequent fate of one of the witnesses
Steve Friend’s case did not close with the 2023 hearing. After being reinstated to service by the Trump administration, he was fired again in December 2025 on charges of “inappropriate conduct,” after he allegedly disclosed information about a case suspect on his podcast. Friend characterized his dismissal as retaliation on the part of Director Kash Patel, according to a report by Fox News.
